Near-Earth plasma sheet azimuthal pressure gradient and associated auroral development soon before substorm onset

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Xing, X ^a   Lyons, L R ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a,b   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Donovan, E ^c   Spanswick, E ^c   Liang, J ^c   Larson, D ^d   Carlson, C ^d   Auster, U ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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EID: 79960268298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016539     Document Type: Review

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